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I remember reading about Gillis and some of his ideas before he put together back to back President's trophy winning Canucks teams. The guy was definitely a forward thinker, and analytical. One thing that always stuck out for me is his idea that to be successful, a team needed 6 - 20 goal scorers on their team. He then set out to build a fast team that could score, and the results are as such in 2010-2011:
Regular season
Player
GP
G
A
Pts
+/−
PIM
Sedin, Daniel
82
41
63
104
+30
32
Sedin, Henrik
82
19
75
94
+26
40
Kesler, Ryan
82
41
32
73
+24
66
Samuelsson, Mikael
75
18
32
50
+8
36
Ehrhoff, Christian
79
14
36
50
+19
52
Burrows, Alexandre
72
26
22
48
+26
77
Raymond, Mason
70
15
24
39
+8
10
Edler, Alexander
51
8
25
33
+13
24
Malhotra, Manny
72
11
19
30
+9
22
Torres, Raffi
80
14
15
29
+4
78
Hansen, Jannik
82
9
20
29
+13
32
One can argue that Daniel and Kesler count as 4 - 20 goal scorers, and then you have Burrows, and close calls with Henr1k and Samuelsson. Almost 7 x 20. The Hoff, Raymond, and Torres all chipped in big time too (14, 14, 15).
Gillis of course gave up on this model after the painful loss to Boston, while other teams did not. In today’s NHL, speed and skill will win more than brawn. If Gillis had foreseen this, then perhaps we would have been contenders for much longer, and he’d still be with us.
Having said this, and should the formula still hold true, how many 20 goal scorers do you think we will have next year?
Optimistically, I count Bo and Baer, with maybes in Hansen/Sutter/Boeser/Granlund/D.Sedin. If they can all hit the mark, we may not be in as much trouble as some may think when it comes to scoring.
Thoughts?